http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:17:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8090 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:02:49 +0000 Druegar 8090@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I had no problems applying the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat lure to my Arcanite Fishing Pole yesterday and I'm on a US server. I was able to do it both in Northrend and Outland. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8088 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:05:15 +0000 el 8088@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The line is "slated to be corrected in an upcoming patch" - <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767544486" rel="nofollow">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767544486</a> </p> <p>The hat appears to now be fixed on EU realms. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8087 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:23:24 +0000 Grank 8087@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It seems that the issue of the hat lure not working with lower level poles is now on Blizzard's radar.</p> <p>(0. 3.3.3 Known Issues List [Updated 3/23/2010] "The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat does not work with low level fishing poles.")</p> <p>However, the change to the eternium line bonus is not listed.</p> <p>It makes me suspect that the hat will be fixed but that the enchant might be permanently nerfed.</p> <p>Oddly, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34836" title="Wowhead - Spun Truesilver Fishing Line." class="nocolor">Spun Truesilver Fishing Line</a> still has its +3 bonus, making it now the more powerful enchantment of the two. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8083 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:28:19 +0000 Wooly Bay 8083@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>el <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8081" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>Thanks renork. There's now a thread about it on the official forums:<br /> <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116" rel="nofollow">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116</a><br /> And in this one, it's "being looked into":<br /> <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239" rel="nofollow">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239</a></p></blockquote> <p>Yes! thank for the heads up !!<br /> *runs back to the public forums and deletes his post about fishing lines being nerfed*</p> <p>Good catch !! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8081 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:23:12 +0000 el 8081@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Thanks renork. There's now a thread about it on the official forums:</p> <p><a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116" rel="nofollow">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116</a></p> <p>And in this one, it's "being looked into":</p> <p><a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239" rel="nofollow">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8080 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:22:08 +0000 renork 8080@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>This is still broken on live realms =(</p> <p>Even if the hat doesn't work on the arcanite rod (which would SUCK) I busted ass forever to get my eternium line. They better fix that. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8074 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:44:50 +0000 Scrimshaw 8074@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I agree with Grank, why would they not let me use it on the Best fishing pole in the game? (and arguably, the hardest to get?) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8071 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:54:38 +0000 Grank 8071@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It would be a shame if you couldn't use the hat to lure the Arcanite Fishing Pole. It may not look impressive, but it is still has the best fishing bonus in the game. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8070 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:48:53 +0000 el 8070@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Be sure to test it on live realms first. Sometimes little fixes occur that never appear on PTRs. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8068 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:38:29 +0000 Christhina 8068@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the "heads up"!</p> <p>I have a couple of alts who haven't finished Kalu'ak rep yet, so the poor things are still using Seth's pole - but they all have the hat.</p> <p>Will pop some lures in the gear bag for now - they work just as well :-) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/333-weather-beaten-hat-and-line-enchants#post-8067 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:52:23 +0000 el 8067@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>On the last Public Test Realm version of patch 3.3.3, both these were broken. These problems might have been fixed, but possibly not... [added - renork says not]</p> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fishing_gear.html#weather-beaten_fishing_hat" title="Fishing Gear: Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat." class="nocolor" rel="item=33820">Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat</a>'s lure can only be used on WotLK fishing poles (Kalu'ak, Jeweled, Bone). Other poles result in the error "item level too low". Probably related to the hat now requiring level 70 to wear (twinks were getting it via the Fishing Derby).</li> <li><a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fishing_gear.html#high_test_eternium_fishing_line" title="Fishing Gear: High Test Eternium Fishing Line." class="nocolor" rel="item=19971">High Test Eternium Fishing Line</a> displays a +2 bonus to fishing skill, even when newly applied. Possibly related to <em>fixing</em> the previous patch's "free" upgrade of +2 glove enchants to +5.</li> </ul>